Game



1935- H. M. BRADING 2,011,749

GAME

Filed March 5, '1934 WVENTOR \s 3 A TZ'ORNEY Patented Aug. 20,- 1935UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

4 Claim.

This invention relates to toys and games, and more particularly to adevice of the aerial projectile type which is adapted to adhere to atarget against which it may be projected. As illustrated in the drawing,the projectile preferably, though not necessarily, comprises a rubbersuction cup to which is attached a rudder or tail portion and which isadapted to be projected from a blow-pipe in-a reverse position, therudder or tail serving to reverse the device while in flight so that itmay strike head first upon a target to which the suction cup willadhere.

The object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus or toy whichwill be simple but attractive and interesting particularly to children,which may be manufactured at a relatively low cost and which will haveno part to become broken or which may get out of order.

A further object of the invention is to provide a toy or game devicewhich will develop a high degree of skill and not be dependent merelyupon chance, which may be used indoors, and which will not be dangerousnor likely to cause injury to persons nor objects with which theprojectile may come in contact.

A further object of the invention is to provide a game apparatus whichwill necessitate considerable skill to effect the proper placement ofthe projectile on and in completion of a target design and will affordconsiderable amusement by the misplacement of such complementary elementthrough lack of skill and the increased grotesqueness of the design.

With the above primary and other incidental objects in view, as willmore fully appear in the specification, the invention consists of thefeatures of construction, the parts and combinations -thereof, and themode of operation, or their equivalents, as hereinafter described andset forth in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, wherein is shown the preferredbut obviously not necessarily the only form of the embodiment of theinvention, Fig. 1 is a perspective view somewhat diagrammaticillustrating the flight of the projectile from the blow-pipe to thetarget. Fig. 2 is a detail view, partially in section, illustrating therelation of the projectile within the blowpipe. Figs. 3 and 4 are detailperspective views of alternative forms of projectile. Fig. 5 is anillustrative view of a target with which the projectile may be employed.

Like parts are indicated by similar characters of reference throughoutthe several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, I is a blow-pipe which may be ofmetal, wood, or for economy of manufacture is preferably a cardboardtube. The projectile, for use within the blow-pipe I, comprises asuction cup 2 of soft rubber having a projecting stem portion 3 which 5is recessed or slotted to receive a rudder or tail portion which maycomprise a feather 4 or a bit of card-board or paper 5 of, any suitableor desired shape. The projectile is forcibly expelled from the blow-pipel by air pressure and is caused to impinge upon a suitable target 6 towhich it will adhere due to the suction effect of the concave softrubber head 2 of the projectile. The projectile is inserted within theblow-pipe in a reverse position, as is indicated in Fig. 2. In thisposition, the soft rubber head 2 is caused to expand closely intocontact with the wall of the blow-pipe by the air pressure and soprevent loss of air around the projectile as would occur if the devicewas inserted in a reverse position.

Upon the operator blowing forcibly through the pipe or tube I, theprojectile is expelled therefrom with its rudder or tail portionforemost. However, air resistance upon the rudder or tail" portionwhether it be merely a feather 4 or a cardboard or paper leaf 5 servesto effect a complete reversal of the projectile while in flight, as isillustrated by dotted lines and arrows in mid-position of Fig. 1, sothat the projectile uninterruptedly continues its flight and strikesupon the target head first. The force of the impact expells sufiicientair from the interior of the concave face of the soft rubber head 2 tocause the projectile to adhere to the surface of the target.

The device may be employed merely as a. toy, in which event theprojectile may be shot at a wall, a window pane, or any other smoothsurface to which the rubber head 2 will adhere by suction. However,toadd interest to the game, various figures may be delineated upon thetarget, some portion of which is to be supplied in completion of thedesign or figure by the adherence of the projectile.

In Fig. 5 there is shown, merely for illustrative purposes, a target 1bearing a figure of a mule of grotesque appearancefrom which the tail ofthe mule is missing. In such event, the object is to place the feathercarrying projectile at the proper point relative to the mule design inrepresentation of the mules tail and so complete the pictorial design.

The game apparatus is subject to wide variation of design. The game isone of skill and not of chance. The characteristic feature is that of anaerialprojectile which automatically reverses that there is thusprovided a device of the character described possessing the particularfeatures of advantage before enumerated as desirable, [but whichobviously is susceptible of modification in its form, proportions,detail construction and arrangement of parts without departing from theprinciple involved or sacrificing any of its advantages.

While in order to comply with the statute, the invention has beendescribed in language more or less specific as to the structuralfeatures, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited tothe specific features shown, but that the means and construction/hereindisclosed comprise the preferred form ,of several modes of putting theinvention into eflect, and the invention is therefore claimed in any ofits forms or modifications within the legitimate and valid scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A projectile, for a toy, to be launched from a blow pipe comprising asoft rubber vacuum cup and a feather carried thereby in a position ofsubstantially axial alignment extending in a direction opposite'theconcave face of the vacuum cup, said projectile being adapted to belaunched from the blow pipe with the feather end foremost whereby theair discharge pressure will tend to expand the vacuum cup into closecontact with e walls of the blow pipe, and upon discharge th therefromthe air resistance upon the feather will effect a reversal of theprojectile in flight, the continuation of which will be with the vacuumcup foremost.

2. A projectile for a blow pipe, said projectile having an expansiblehead subject to. distention under air discharge pressure into contactwith the 10 walls of the pipe and a rudder vane carried there- .byinitially arranged in advanced position but reversing when dischargedfrom the blow pipe.

3. A projectile, for a toy, ejected from a blow pipe, comprising a softrubber flexible member 1.

having a hollow face presented to the high pressure side when ejectedand presented to the low pressure side when in engagement with thetarget and a rudder attached to the flexible member extending foremostwhen in the blow pipe and reeifect a reversal of the projectile while inflight 30 whereby'the projectile advances with the flexible memberforemost while traveling towards the target. Y

HARRY M. BRADING.

